Jade Goody - Diagnosed With Cancer

[-Kevin-]

I am shocked at what I have just heard. Breaking news is that a 41 year old woman actually went into Jades hospital room and confronted Jade with a hammer. I can't actually believe or begin to understand why someone would do that. Poor Jade, she is in a bay way and yet she has this happening to her.

Yeah I just read it as well I was like

An unknown woman has been caught in Jade Goody's hospital room with a hammer in her possession.

The intruder, who is believed to be French and aged 41, woke up Goody by praying and chanting, The Sun reports.

Goody's publicist Max Clifford said: "Jade was obviously shocked. She started saying, 'Who are you? What are you doing here?'

"She called out for a nurse and when someone came the woman ran off."

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We arrested a woman who was in a patient's room and whose behaviour was flagged up by the hospital's security.

"After questioning her she was found to be in possession of an offensive weapon. She was arrested for possessing the weapon and taken into custody at a London police station for further questioning.

"She had not attempted to use the weapon."

[-Kevin-]

I'm just getting sick of seeing what has become a kind of visual 'Countdown to Death' from just about every media outlet and form of entertainment medium available in Britain. Strip it to the bare essentials and what she's essentially trying to do is gather enough money prior to her untimely death to provide her children with a good future - but then she already has that.

Like I said on here before that the only reason Jade's illness is so much in the public eye is because she is a PUBLIC FIGURE .She always was so why should this be any different ? She was in the media since Big Brother and she is still in the media and thats how it is and people in the public want to know all the ins and outs of her life and how she is doing. Her reality TV show is a success because everyone wants to watch her , they arent being forced to watch it they watch because they want to

and yes she may have some money for her children but she wants her children to have the best possible life they can possibly have .and there is no such thing as having too much money, especially when you think about how long that the money she has made will last because her money will go quite quickly I think.

Michael Jackson has telephoned Jade Goody to give the terminally ill reality TV star his support, it has been claimed.

The pop superstar knew Goody after she starred alongside his brother Jermaine on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, The Sun reports.

A friend said: "He learned of Jade's suffering and wanted to lend his support and comfort her at this awful time.

"When she was told Michael was on the phone her eyes lit up and she mustered all the strength she could to have a chat.

"It gave her a real boost and hope that she'll be alive to watch him perform in the summer."

Jackson also spoke to Goody's husband Jack Tweed when she became too ill to continue the conversation, and promised the pair and their children VIP tickets to his comeback shows in July.

[Lesley Bee]

Seriously what is wrong with the world these days, what kind of sick person would want to go into a hospital and attack a dying woman

[Jess]

I'm just getting sick of seeing what has become a kind of visual 'Countdown to Death' from just about every media outlet and form of entertainment medium available in Britain. Strip it to the bare essentials and what she's essentially trying to do is gather enough money prior to her untimely death to provide her children with a good future - but then she already has that.

She has the celebrity magazine deals, she has the autobiography, she has the perfume, she has the fitness videos, she has the television programmes... she doesn't need the money!

Cancer, in whatever form, is a terrible thing to have - no human on this earth should deny such a thing. My problem is the way in which she parades it around in front of the British tabloid media. Most people, knowing they're terminal, would take the time and spend it with their families - not Jade. The term attempting to get blood from a stone is more than poignant.

I dislike the way that people feel as if she should be put on a pedestal as if she is this poor, poor girl suffering from some rare disease that nobody else in the world has, and we should feel sorry for. And if we don't, then what are we? "Heartless" - or critical of her choices that she has made in light of this disease.

I don't have time for tabloid media manipulation, and I feel sorry for Jade no more than I feel sorry for the millions of other people around the world who die yearly from cancer - not necessarily cervical cancer, but from within the entire spectrum of cancer as a whole. Perhaps I feel a little more sorry for Jade because she has the sorry excuse for a man, Jack, in her life, manipulating his "wife's" disease for a "Get out of jail, free" card - literally.

As blunt as I may be, Jade is but an insignificant blip, a microscopic grain of sand amongst millions of others just like her - she warrants no importance just because of "who she is", or "what she suffers from"; and I am annoyed even more with the British media, who should be focused on current world events of immense significant value. My grandmother suffered from cancer, but she wasn't able to use her disease as a chance to make an extra buck, so I don't see why Jade should be able to.

Everybody is crediting her for the good deed of "giving a wake up call to women", and while I'll be the first to admit that she has done that, it wasn't actually her true intention. She hasn't once mentioned other cancer sufferers or how other women should go for screenings. She hasn't mentioned at all a message of solace towards cancer sufferers elsewhere, nor has she spoken about Wendy Richard or even so much as gave a eulogy or a heart rendering thought to Wendy's family.

I know that I may be being harsh, but that is truly what I think of the matter. Perhaps I am bitter because the disease which took away my grandmother's life, has been used by Jade to get money and add it to the wealth that she already has? I'm really not sure. Apologies in advance to anyone who will probably be offended by this post.

While it's also very sad that you've had experience of cancer in your family, I don't really agree with what you're saying. You're saying that she already has enough money, so she doesn't need more, but that's how celebrity works. Are you essentially saying that we should put an upper limit on how much wealth one person can have? (Communism?) Or only if they're ill, and we think they should be doing x, y and z instead of a, b or c? At the end of the day, whether you like it or not, the British media would be chasing Jade for information regardless of how she conducted herself. I think it's much better that at least she has some form of control over what's going on, and hopefully then the media will leave her alone when she really needs it and not go to such extreme lengths to get photographs, and the like. In this situation, I really think it's the lesser of two evils.

I saw a piece the other day where she talks about how the number of women going for screenings has gone up. And, I did also read somewhere (although I can't remember where) where she mentions Wendy's death. But, y'know, even if she hadn't, why should she? Although it'd be a nice thing to do, she doesn't have some great publiic responsibility.

Your post didn't offend me, though, Nathan, and I really hope that mine doesn't come across as being too angry.

[~Lynd~]

I don't really know who she is,there's been few things here and there about her on the news lately but not much.

Who are we to assume to know how much money she has?Celebrity doesn't automatically mean millionaire,and even if she is fairly well off who's to say she hasn't spent it all on her lifestyle,or lately hospital bills.

Personally i'd probably do the same thing if i could.At least they won't be poor and motherless with a dropkick stepdad.Who's the father?What's he like?

[-Kevin-]

Max Clifford has said that Jade Goody's life story may eventually be adapted for the big screen.

The publicist told The Daily Telegraph that Simon Cowell had informed him of the rising interest in Goody across the Atlantic.

Clifford said: "Practically everyone is asking him how Jade is doing. All the celebrities he meets have been following her story on TV and in newspapers and magazines.

"She has achieved so much by simply being herself and telling people just how it is. That's the most refreshing thing about Jade - her honesty.

"When a story becomes this big, the more chance there is about something like [a film] happening."

Los Angeles-based PR professional Michael Sands said: "Hollywood loves a heartwarming inspirational story, especially about someone who has turned their life around such as Jade."

Max Clifford is sucking every penny out of this.

[xGlowingAngelx]

I'm just getting sick of seeing what has become a kind of visual 'Countdown to Death' from just about every media outlet and form of entertainment medium available in Britain. Strip it to the bare essentials and what she's essentially trying to do is gather enough money prior to her untimely death to provide her children with a good future - but then she already has that.

She has the celebrity magazine deals, she has the autobiography, she has the perfume, she has the fitness videos, she has the television programmes... she doesn't need the money!

Cancer, in whatever form, is a terrible thing to have - no human on this earth should deny such a thing. My problem is the way in which she parades it around in front of the British tabloid media. Most people, knowing they're terminal, would take the time and spend it with their families - not Jade. The term attempting to get blood from a stone is more than poignant.

I dislike the way that people feel as if she should be put on a pedestal as if she is this poor, poor girl suffering from some rare disease that nobody else in the world has, and we should feel sorry for. And if we don't, then what are we? "Heartless" - or critical of her choices that she has made in light of this disease.

I don't have time for tabloid media manipulation, and I feel sorry for Jade no more than I feel sorry for the millions of other people around the world who die yearly from cancer - not necessarily cervical cancer, but from within the entire spectrum of cancer as a whole. Perhaps I feel a little more sorry for Jade because she has the sorry excuse for a man, Jack, in her life, manipulating his "wife's" disease for a "Get out of jail, free" card - literally.

As blunt as I may be, Jade is but an insignificant blip, a microscopic grain of sand amongst millions of others just like her - she warrants no importance just because of "who she is", or "what she suffers from"; and I am annoyed even more with the British media, who should be focused on current world events of immense significant value. My grandmother suffered from cancer, but she wasn't able to use her disease as a chance to make an extra buck, so I don't see why Jade should be able to.

Everybody is crediting her for the good deed of "giving a wake up call to women", and while I'll be the first to admit that she has done that, it wasn't actually her true intention. She hasn't once mentioned other cancer sufferers or how other women should go for screenings. She hasn't mentioned at all a message of solace towards cancer sufferers elsewhere, nor has she spoken about Wendy Richard or even so much as gave a eulogy or a heart rendering thought to Wendy's family.

I know that I may be being harsh, but that is truly what I think of the matter. Perhaps I am bitter because the disease which took away my grandmother's life, has been used by Jade to get money and add it to the wealth that she already has? I'm really not sure. Apologies in advance to anyone who will probably be offended by this post.

I pretty much agree with this and I don't think it sounds harsh. Unfortunately, there are people who will twist it so it does sound harsh and those of us that don't have a special particular interest in "Jade's Story" have our opinions twisted a lot of the time to make us sound critical, twisted and heartless. When actually, I think both terms are an insult given that is more suitable associated with the woman who threatened her. Most of those that have admitted being fed up of the media hype have held our hands up honestly and admitted it, yet only a small handful of those have expressed a view that is perhaps a step too far, but they as much as us are entitled to have an opinion on the matter. The reason being that realistically, our opinion doesn't mean anything anyway. Jade doesn't know us and whilst I am sure she appreaciates the kind words she received off the back of this, probably wouldn't care whether we knew or not.

A few exceptions, the majority of us - whatever our opinions - have said we wouldn't have wished this on Jade in a million years, but it doesn't mean we want to know every single detail of it. I know there are some people that are interested and fair enough, but some of us aren't interested in hearing every little aspect of the story in complete scrutiny, in some cases even to the extent that something positive is being reported. (Seriously, do we need to know every single time someone close to her speaks to the media that she's "resting" or whatever?) Some papers that claim to support her end up being the ones that are obviously following her to get a snap that appears in their paper, both the good and the bad ones. They see her looking a little bright - maybe having some time with her sons or whatever - and snap it to sell their papers. Same with the less positive moments. Why? What's the necessity? If they care about her half as much as some of them state they do when they cover the story why not back off and allow her the privacy she should have? To spend quality time with her loved ones away from the greedy, media eye? It's the articles that are quite obviously not something Jade has herself given her consent to them publishing - like most newspapers do - that are annoying. I find it hard to believe she would make much - if any - money from some tabloid snapping her coming out of her home to pop to the shop for some milk.

She's sold the story to some pretty major magazines that more than likely have given her plenty of money in exchange which she can use towards her sons futures when she's gone. Plus, whilst I knew her children DO need providing for, people don't seem to acknowledge that when Jade passes away, those children are not going to be completely alone. They wont be prowling the streets. They have a father, a grandmother and - if he does turn out to be genuine - a stepfather that will help them through life. With that on top of whatever Jade saves for them and the money I would hope they make for themselves in their future life, I'd hope they'd at least be "comfortable" just like most other people in the world are. Sure, every penny counts and all that, but surely it's not needed to the extent that Jade - who we should all be praying for whilst she remains with privacy - needs to tell us every little bit to gain even the smallest amount?

But as I say, I don't know Jade. I don't understand what she's going through. And of course, I clearly am a heartless cow for having an opinion.

[-Kevin-]

Jade Goody's condition has reportedly worsened to the point where she is going blind, with her remaining vision limited to one eye.

The reality TV star was diagnosed with cervical cancer last year and the condition has since spread to her liver, bowel and groin before moving to her brain.

Goody wants to go home to spend more time with her children but her sight has deteriorated since she was christened in hospital at the weekend, The Sun reports.

A friend said: "Every day Jade's away from the children she knows it's one less day she'll get to spend with them before she dies.

"She's desperate to be close to her sons in her final hours and hates them seeing her in hospital.

"She wants to go home and be surrounded by family and friends - not in a hospital bed. Everyone's concentrating on getting the nurses prepared so that she can face the pain at home."

Of the christening, Goody said: "I'm so sad it was one of our last moments. I'm so proud of my little men - I love them more than anything

[-Kevin-]

Anybody watch "Jade" last night ?

I thought it was really nice to see her so happy when she was planning her wedding and it was sad when she was singing "were going to the chapel and were gona get married" she was so happy and excited about her wedding.

The saddest part was when she was on her way to the wedding venue in the helicopter and she was looking out the window and you could see the sadness in her eyes as she stared out at the landscape then she said shes going to miss all of this because shes going to die

I still think Jack is a twat . To be honest I dont think he gives a crap about her. He will be shacked up with somebody else in a few months you mark my words.

Jade Goody has confirmed that she believes in God and heaven and has said that she will always look over her sons when she passes away.

The terminally ill reality TV star made the comments to OK! in what has been billed as her "last interview" with the media.

Goody said: "I have always believed in God and heaven, and I want my boys to know that when I do go, I am safe and looking over them.

"I'm not sure they know what dying means, and in a way I don't want them to know the full ins and outs.

"I will be the brightest star in the sky for them, always looking over them and protecting them."

Goody was recently christened in hospital with her two sons after it was decided that she was too ill to travel to church for the ceremony.

[TachelHolden]

Cancer-stricken Jade Goody is on the "edge of a precipice", her publicist has said after an emergency incident.

A nurse called husband Jack Tweed to her home on Friday night after the former Big Brother contestant was panicking and in pain.

Mr Clifford said: "She was in a bad way last night, she was panicking.

"The nurse was obviously concerned and decided she should call Jack.

"He went over and calmed her down and she went to sleep. She settled down and had a comfortable night."

Asked if this meant Goody was close to the end, Mr Clifford said: "She has deteriorated, she is very weak. The answer is, who knows? We are on the edge of a precipice."

He said Tweed was allowed to break his curfew in cases of emergency.

Tweed, 21, has to wear a tag after his release from prison for hitting a teenager with a golf club. Under his bail conditions he must be at his mother Mary's house between 7pm and 7am every day.

Officials lifted the curfew for his wedding night and after Goody underwent an operation on her bowel last week. The terms of his curfew were reportedly changed again on Friday to allow him to spend Thursday and Saturday nights with his wife.

Mr Clifford said Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was flying into the country early next week to see Goody.